<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/jamesha-barrett-mph.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>12/04/2025</pubDate><title>From the Classroom to the National Spotlight: MPH Candidate Shares Research Journey</title><description>Jamesha Barrett ’26 MPH reflects on how presenting her research at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Convention and earning a top-student recognition strengthened her confidence, deepened her commitment to health equity, and highlighted the power of community-engaged research at the University of New Haven.</description><hide-description/><author>Jamesha Barrett ’26 MPH</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>December 4, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2025/j-barrett-faculty.jpg" alt="j-barrett-faculty"/></image><image-caption>Jamesha Barrett '26 MPH along with School of Health Sciences faculty members</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-health-sciences</tag><tag>dept-population-health-leadership</tag><tag>name-alvin-tran</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-public-health</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>